the mind can be explained through simple, fundamental brain chemistry; the mind is not just a bi-product of chemical reactions, our emotional patterns are too complex for that

Broca's Area and Wernickie's

language production; language comprehension

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Lateralization vs. Localization

that the hemispheres are each responsible for different tasks; more specific (that many different areas and different structures are responsible for different tasks

Globalist vs. Localist hypothesis vs. circuit

entire brain is involved in cognition/thinking/problem solving; cognition is identifiable in specific areas; cognition involves the partnering of many sites in conjunction

CT scans, MRI, PET and FMRI

show simple structural components of brain; high quality picture of brain structure; records different activities occurring in specific brain areas during certain tasks; gives information about the activity of specific structures temporal resolution during particular tasks

resting potential and Action potentials

positive on the outside, negative on the inside; gates open NA rushes in and makes inside positive, gates close and other gates open and K rushes out and cell goes extremely negative for short time until balance is restored